Alissa cut a pices of string that was 17 feet long.Darnell cut piece of string that was 5 yard long Alissa wanted to cut her string so that it was the same length as Darnell's how many feet did she need to cut.
so alissa has 17 feet darnel has 5 yards 1 yard=3 feet 5 yard times 3=15 feet 17 feet-x=15 add x to both sides 17=15+x subtract 15 2=x she needs to cut 2 feet
